Decibel! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Nov 8, 2008, at 3:08 PM, Tom Lane wrote: >> ... It's reasonably common for pg_xlog to be a symlink.
> ISTM it'd be better still to have an official knob that allows you to > determine where pg_xlog lives. ISTR discussion about that, but I > don't see anything obvious in postgresql.conf or configure. My recollection of the discussion is that we decided it was too dangerous to make it "configurable" --- if you crash and restart and the restart seizes on some other WAL directory to recover from, you're up the proverbial creek. (Come to think of it, this is also a reasonable argument for not letting postmaster startup auto-create pg_xlog ...) regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers